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BOOK Ili FAH 5t.�' ti ��,� -7 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.22 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.22 states that 70% of the land area of a node should be developed with non-residential and non-agricultural uses before that node is considered for expansion. The intent of this policy is to regulate increases in the amount of C/I designated land. Since the proposed amendment does not increase in the amount of C/I designated land in the subject node, Future Land Use Element Policy 1.22's 70% developed standard does not apply to this amendment. Future Land Use Element Policy 1.24 Future Land Use Element Policy 1.24 specifically allows the Board of County Commissioners to initiate a land use designation amendment to change C/I designated land to residentially designated land, provided that the following conditions exist: • The parcel has been redesignated to C/I, Commercial/Industrial, since comprehensive plan adoption on February 13, 1990; and • The parcel is currently designated C/I; and • More than two years have passed since approval of the ordinance redesignating the parcel to C/I; and • No construction activity has commenced on the parcel since approval of the ordinance redesignating the parcel to C/I. If the proposed amendment is adopted, and if no construction activity takes place on Subject Property 1 within the referenced time frames, Policy 1.24 would apply and the Board could initiate an amendment to change Subject Property 1 back to a residential designation. As part of the staff analysis, all policies in the comprehensive plan were considered. Based upon that analysis, staff determined that the proposed land use designation amendment is consistent with the comprehensive plan. Potential Impact on Environmental Quality Neither subject property contains wetlands or any other environmentally sensitive habitat. Federal, state, and county environmental protection rules regulating impacts on adjacent and nearby environmentally sensitive lands apply to both subject properties, regardless of land use designation or zoning district. The following are examples of county policies that protect floodplains, wetlands, and other environmentally sensitive areas. • FUTURE LAND USE ELEMENT POLICIES: 1.3, 3.3, 3.4, 7.1, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, and 7.6 • CONSERVATION ELEMENT POLICIES: 2.4, 5.3, 7.2, 7.3, and 7.4 • STORMWATER MANAGEMENT SUB -ELEMENT POLICIES: 1.1 and 1.2 • CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ELEMENT POLICIES: 3.3 and 3.5 • LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS CHAPTERS 928 (Wetland and Deepwater Habitat Protection) and 930 (Stormwater Management and Flood Protection) For these reasons, the proposed amendment is not anticipated to adversely impact environmental quality. December 7, 1999